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New Yorkers outraged as bureaucrats order city to change lettering on every single street sign
NY Daily News ^
| 9/30/2010
| ANDREW PHILLIPS & PETE DONOHUE
Posted on 09/30/2010 8:00:45 AM PDT by Qbert
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To: Qbert
what does the federal government have to do with municipal street signs?
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posted on
09/30/2010 8:17:07 AM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: Qbert
The 864 page Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways will tell you all about the new federal regulations for signs. You can download the 27.18MB version from the Federal Highway Administration. Our government does things that would embarass the most hard-core communist bureaucrat.
42
posted on
09/30/2010 8:17:14 AM PDT
by
hometoroost
(Somewhere a community is missing its cruise director)
To: Pecos
is NYC the only area affected? If so, why?
I don't think so. The new highway signs in Illinois also use the clearview typeface. The most noticeable change is the lower case letter l ("el") which has a slight curve to it.
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posted on
09/30/2010 8:18:10 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Paine in the Neck
BINDO!!!
also,
how many will be renamed? see Victory Mosque Way.
44
posted on
09/30/2010 8:18:19 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Qbert
These are goofy things that I doubt could ever stand up to a cost/benefit analysis. Though a mix of upper and lower case letters is generally considered to be more readable, it is unlikely that there are a substantial amount of accident reports that cite “inattentiveness due to signage lettering case confusion” as contributing factors. NYC doesn’t have the money. And even if it did, this would be a ridiculous thing on which to waste it.
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posted on
09/30/2010 8:19:26 AM PDT
by
BWDog
To: Qbert
Font and capitalization does greatly impact readability, especially something that needs to be read quickly as you’re driving by. In general, all-caps sucks. However, why is this such a priority in a time of budget constraints?
To: Qbert
What did the old sign say? I couldn’t read it.
47
posted on
09/30/2010 8:20:11 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Note to Leftists- We Will Bury You (politically)
To: Qbert
Love to know who’s brother-in-law...or SEIU connected business nailed that contract!!!
48
posted on
09/30/2010 8:20:25 AM PDT
by
mo
To: brktxpyr
Yeh, those big capital letters are always harder to read than the small ones...??? Yes.
To: Paine in the Neck
50
posted on
09/30/2010 8:21:04 AM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: dfwgator
“I guess they had to find jobs for all of those Census workers.”
I wouldn’t doubt that there is a connection between this and the so-called ‘dip in unemployment claims’ recently...
51
posted on
09/30/2010 8:21:40 AM PDT
by
Qbert
To: Qbert
An order coming to a city near you?
52
posted on
09/30/2010 8:21:52 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Qbert
And the drumbeat of the coming revolution grows stronger...
53
posted on
09/30/2010 8:21:57 AM PDT
by
EnigmaticAnomaly
("Mantra of the left: 'It's only okay when WE do it.'")
To: marlon
Government creates more problems than it ever fixes.
Our city has been told BY THE EPA that by Oct. 15th. we can no longer use the landfill to dump shrubs, leaves, grass clippings and limbs. The only problem is there is NO WHERE ELSE to dump them. We can dump garbage there but no yard debrea. How dumb is that?! It’s all garbage!
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posted on
09/30/2010 8:23:00 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Qbert
Someone should do a study "proving" that people can understand Roman numerals more easily than Arabic numerals (maybe do a survey of Latin teachers at a classics conference). Then they can spend money changing street signs to have Roman numerals.
For example, that would be E CCI St.
To: Sacajaweau
Its everywhere by federal fiat.
56
posted on
09/30/2010 8:24:42 AM PDT
by
John W
(Chuck Todd Is An Ass)
To: Qbert
Most of the cabbies in NY can’t read English anyway...
57
posted on
09/30/2010 8:24:51 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: Qbert
I suppose a Texas-to-the-EPA style "FU" is beyond the grasp of NY?
Yeah, not gonna happen.
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posted on
09/30/2010 8:25:35 AM PDT
by
AngryJawa
(Obama's Success is America's Failure)
To: Dick Vomer
“which company is going to make the new signs? Always follow the money...”
Acorn and La Raza.
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posted on
09/30/2010 8:26:07 AM PDT
by
flaglady47
(When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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